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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1936
Page
3
Myrtle Point Herald reporters record a week of visits and travels by local families from Myrtle Point Allegany Coquille and nearby towns. Highlights include school cleanup at Leescon new pupils enrollments 4 H club prize winners and community visits to the Myrtle Point Fair.
Mrs Esther Jennings and Miss Elva Cribbins attend a birthday event hosted by LB Jennings. Guests include Misters Payton Henry Weserick England Barrett Zinn and James Duffy as well as Mr and Mrs Powell Lancaster. Esther Jennings plans to move near Bandon after her Saturday wedding. A large local turnout attended the County Fair on Myrtle Pott last week.
Norway guest Jarabel Watson of Coquille joined Dorothy Bender and others for a Monday visit. An Adventist gathering for Coos and Curry counties took place in Bandon. The community shared several social calls with friends including Emma Hermann Broadbent Blanche Detlefsen and Elizabeth Lett.
Miss Elsiee Wood came back to her home Monday after a months long vacation. Various visitors from Los Angeles and nearby communities stopped by to see Herbert Glazier and the Bushnell family.
Arago Mr and Mrs Wayne Woodward came back Friday from Klamath Falls where Woodward worked the summer. Mr and Mrs Charles Lambden returned to Portland Sunday after a week with Mrs Ellen Sinko. J B Moomaw and Miss Nettie Halter visited Mr and Mrs Stanley Halter Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs J F Burtie of Portland arrived Saturday for a few days with Mr and Mrs J Lynn Burtts. Mr and Mrs Jack Jones and family were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Ernest Hammack.
Dora Bettencourt Wayne Thompson helped Elmer Wilson fill his sile. Barview residents Mr and Mrs Worris Bulderback and Marvin visited C J Thompson and Ellis families. Myrtle Point dinner guests included Chas Roger Fred Durnam and Randolph Reynolds. Various locals hosted and visited over the weekend with extended family in McKinley Rosebury Fat Elk and Coquille.
Rowland C. Sheldon, Camden native and Harvard and West Point alumnus, organized the National Crime Prevention Institute with headquarters in New York. He served as Montclair academy commandant from 1900 to 1911 and held key posts with the Big Brother movement in New York and the combined brother and sister movement.
Mr and Mrs Fred hosted a Sunday dinner for guests including Mra Fred Durnam Randolph Rey nolda and Mr and Mrs A J Mayse along with Joe Tadlock, the Miller family, Mrs Gai Bunch, the O G Bunches, Mr and Mrs Vern Bennett, Mr and Mrs John Bachman and family of Myrtle Point.
Community residents visited and attended the Fair on Friday and Saturday. Charles Harris and Mr and Mrs John Flood were Monday callers. Myrtle Point resident June Chandler stayed overnight Monday. Rodger Horning visited Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Marion Thomas and Robert Ryan were Sunday callers at the William Chandler home.
Catching Creek Marion Lakey of Myrtle Point was a Sunday visitor at the Del Rema home. Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs George Ward were Mr and Mrs Lakey.
Ragoso, son of a Solo mon Island cannibal chief and convert to Seventh Day Adventism, arrived in New York as a guest of the Great New York Conference of Seventh Day Adventists. He spoke about cannibalism rites he witnessed as a boy, outlining his father’s conversion by a SDA missionary.
John Morris and family of Myrtle Point along with Mr and Mrs A E White and Calia Marsters visit, joined by Mr and Mrs Arthur Knight of Chico, California, who arrived Saturday for unspecified engagements.
A bright cold salad recipe for winter days uses lemon gelatin with warm water folded with celery crushed pineapple and cranberry sauce. The mixture is poured into a mold chilled until firm then unmolded on lettuce and garnished with mayonnaise serving six.
A farmer stated he likes something dependable, expressing his choice to travel by train for reliability and ease. The remark highlights a practical mindset and the appeal of rail travel.
Mr and Mrs J L Knight hosted Della C Ridle from Bender for a Saturday overnight. Myrtle Point couple John Fellner visited the Knight home Monday. Hubert Morris and children and John Morris visited George Ward last Thursday. Kent Marsters called on A E White. Lester Mitchell of Coquille visited B H Held Sunday. The community saw many attendees at the County Fair.
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